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We must eat to live, and not live to eat.

Henry Fielding

When I mention religion I mean the Christian religion; and not only the Christian religion, but the Protestant religion; and not only the Protestant religion, but the Church of England.
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Myself Religion Talk
Dancing begets warmth, which is the parent of wantonness. It is, Sir, the great grandfather of cuckoldom.
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Dance Greatness Parents Stupidity Warm Weakness
We should not be too hasty in bestowing either our praise or censure on mankind, since we shall often find such a mixture of good and evil in the same character, that it may require a very accurate judgment and a very elaborate inquiry to determine on which side the balance turns.
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Determination Evil Goodness Judgement Praise
A beau is everything of a woman but the sex, and nothing of a man beside it.
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Man Sex Woman Worth
Handsome is that handsome does.
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Action Beautiful Handsome One Liner
Fashion is the science of appearance, and it inspires one with the desire to seem rather than to be.
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Appearance Fashion Inspirational Oneself Science
Wine is a turncoat; first a friend and then an enemy.
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Enemy Friendship Wine
The slander of some people is as great a recommendation as the praise of others.
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Greatness People Praise Worth
Most men like in women what is most opposite their own characters.
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Character Man Woman
A lottery is a taxation on all of the fools in creation.
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Creation Fools Tax
There’s one fool at least in every married couple.
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Couple Fools Marriage Oneself
A good countenance is a letter of recommendation.
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Goodness Letter
I describe not men, but manners; not an individual, but a species.
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Art Description Manners Myself
What a silly fellow must he be who would do the devil’s work for free.
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Devil Freedom Himself Work
Some virtuous women are too liberal in their insults to a frail sister; but virtue can support itself without borrowing any assistance from the vices of other women.
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Insult Liberty Sister Vice Virtue Woman
O innocence, how glorious and happy a portion art thou to the breast that possesses thee! thou fearest neither the eyes nor the tongues of men. Truth, the most powerful of all things, is thy strongest friend; and the brighter the light is in which thou art displayed, the more it discovers thy transcendent beauties.
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Beautiful Display Fear Friendship Glory Happiness Innocence Light Powerful Strong Transcendence

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